Single Idea 16376

[catalogued under 10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism]

Full Idea

The possible is necessarily general…..It is only actuality, the force of existence, which bursts the fluidity of the general and produces a discrete unit.

Gist of Idea

The possible can only be general, and the force of actuality is needed to produce a particular

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (works [1892]), quoted by François Recanati - Mental Files 13.1

Book Reference

Recanati,François: 'Mental Files' [OUP 2012], p.162


A Reaction

[Papers 4 1967:147] This was quoted by Prior, and is often cited. Recanati is interested in the notion of a singular thought being tied to actuality, by generating a mental file.